Last-minute ski deals
- Ski Total and sister company Esprit have a couple of special offers in February for packages departing from Southampton.
Ski Total is offering a saving of £240pp on a trip to the popular French resort of Val d’Isere. Prices start at £599pp for seven nights departing from Southampton on February 10 and staying in Chalet Hotel Champs with breakfast, dinner and afternoon tea.
Family ski specialist Esprit has knocked £213pp off a week’s skiing in France’s vast Paradiski area for departures to the small village of Peisey on February 3. The price for a family of four or five staying in the Chalet Hibou now costs £1,799 (down from £2,652) including breakfast, dinner and afternoon tea, with flights from Southampton.
- Chalet specialist VIP Ski has a last-minute offers to France. Departing this Sunday, it has a week in Zermatt for £849pp, down from £1,149, staying at the Gmatchi and including flights and chalet-board catering.
It also has a special offer in the resort French resort of Alpe D’Huez for departures from Gatwick on January 20. Flights, transfer and accommodation at Chalet La Chapelle, including breakfast, dinner and afternoon tea, now cost £849pp for a week, down from £1,009. The operator is also offering a half-price nanny service, bringing the cost of childcare down to £250 for five and a half days.
- Skiweekends is now offering any weekend travelling by coach to Morzine in the Portes du Soleil or to Three Valleys for £169, excluding half-term and Easter. The trips leave London on Thursday evening and arrive back in London on Monday morning.
- Self-catering specialist Pierre & Vacances is offering a classic two-bedroom apartment in the Premium Residence Les Alpages de Chantel in the French resort of Les Arcs for a discounted price of £815, down from £1,145, for departures on January 26.
Linsey McNeill
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